Standing beneath the steeple, playing in the cornfields, learning to be a pastor while trying to faithfully preach the Good News, and the church who loves me anyway.

20 things for my 28th year

I watched “the Bucket List” this weekend, and while I’m still thinking about what would be on mine, here’s a start for what I hope my 28th year of life will bring. I thought I could come up with 28 things, but my brain got tired at 20. I wish:

1. To give myself away, in love and in possessions, and trust that everything else will fall into place as it needs to
2. To “Do it anyway” as Mother Theresa puts it
3. To learn how to set and maintain healthy boundaries between personal and professional life
4. To save some time an energy for both myself and my husband
5. To be published again, in other, wider venues.
6. To learn how not to kill plants with alarming regularity
7. To learn to savor my mornings, without letting the world take that away too soon.
8. To run a 10k and/or do another triathlon
9. To run with my doggie more often, just because she loves it so much.
10. To rely less on ready-made things, including dinner
11. To either come to terms with the fact that I’m not a neat person, or actually learn to be a neat person.
12. To learn to appreciate small gestures of love for what they are, without comparing them to what I think they ought to be.
13. To worry less about the grumblers, and more about everyone else.
14. To finally finish the sweater and the quilt I’ve been working on.
15. To learn to live more simply, and rely less on “stuff”.
16. To do one thing outside my church life that really matters to me– on a regular basis.
17. To read more for fun.
18. To find a great coloring book for adults (not an “adult” coloring book!)
19. To use my china more often, just because
20. To laugh deep belly laughs more often, lest my face become creased with deep frown lines.